Hi Everyone,
I am an international student who's graduated with a BEng Materials Science and Engineering from a UK university.
I previously applied for 10 masters courses from 9 different schools and have gotten serveral acceptances and rejections (all self-funded):
Cambridge: MPhil Micro- and Nanotechnology Enterprise - admitted
MASt Materials Science and Engineering - rejected
University of Pennsylvania: MS Nanotechnology - admitted
Stanford University: MS Management Science and Engineering - rejected
University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign (UIUC): MS Materials Science and Engineering (non-thesis) - admitted
Cornell University: MEng Materials Science and Engineering - admitted
UC Berkeley: MEng Materials Science and Engineering - admitted
Columbia University: MS Management Science and Engineering - admitted
MIT: MEng Civil (High-Performance Structures) - rejected
Northwestern University: MS Materials Science and Engineering - pending (decision most likely after April 15 deadline)
I am currently deciding between all my admits but I am narrowing down my choices between Berkeley's MEng Materials Science and Columbia's MS Management Science and having a hard time deciding between both of them. I have to make a decision before Columbia's deadline on 7 April.
My plans upon graduation would be work in the US, either as an engineer or consultant. Both these courses provide the opportunity for both careers, but I was hoping to get some advice about my future employability in the US (or Europe) if I take either courses.
Also, I believe that it is easier for me to continue Materials Science, as Management Science bases its course on statistics and modeling, so I am worried that it will be too big a leap for me to change fields, even though NYC's a really great place and Columbia's a really good school (despite being >$20000 more expensive than Berkeley in terms of tuition fees and living allowances).
Any feedback or advice about the other courses will be appreciated as well!
Thanks!